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July 9, 2020

United will warn 36,000 workers they could be laid off this fall

  • The flight attendants' union and other airline labor groups are lobbying Congress for another $25 billion to protect jobs through next March.
    • By DAVID KOENIG
    AP Airlines Writers

    United Airlines is warning 36,000 employees — nearly half its U.S. staff — they could be furloughed in October, the clearest signal yet of how deeply the virus pandemic is hurting the airline industry.

    The outlook for a recovery in air travel has dimmed in just the past two weeks, as infection rates rise in much of the U.S. and some states impose new quarantine requirements on travelers.


     
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